| The End of the Line | |
| Director: | Charles Saunders |
| Producer: | Guido Coen |
| Story: | Paul Erickson |
| Starring: | Alan Baxter Barbara Shelley Arthur Gomez Jennifer Jayne |
| Music: | Edwin Astley |
| Cinematography: | Walter J. Harvey |
| Editing: | Tom Simpson |
| Studio: | A Fortress Film Production |
| Distributor: | Eros Films Jerome Balsam Films Inc. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The End of the Line is a 1957 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne and Jennifer Jayne.[2] The screenplay was by Paul Erickson. It was released in the USA in 1959.[3]
Mike Selby, an American author living in England gets involved with the wife of a jewel fence, who persuades Mike to rob her husband, whilst at the same time giving him a fake alibi. But soon after the robbery when the jewel fence winds up dead, Mike begins to get blackmailed.
It was made at Southall Studios, now in Greater London.[4]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime story with a highly unconvincing plot which relies heavily on coincidence, this film sticks carefully to stereotyped lines. The acting throughout is remarkably poor."[5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very far-fetched, stickily acted thriller."[6]